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Word Work

Word Wheel

Students use a concept map to organize their vocabulary learning. This tool requires students to define words, find examples, draw on prior knowledge and connect related concepts.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

L.6-12.4, L.6-12.5, L.6-12.6

July 19, 2014

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Issue 32, Fall 2007

Beyond the Canned Food Drive

Teaching Tolerance illustration of food can goods

More educators are turning to service-learning projects for charitable activities — and helping to foster connections between students and the human beings they aim to serve.

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

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Issue 41, Spring 2012

From Awareness to Action

Young people make great political activists. How can you get them involved in fighting for issues that matter?

Topic

Rights & Activism

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May 3, 2016

Excellence With Equity: A Mentor’s Approach, Part 3

This new-educator mentor discusses how mentoring can expand beginning teachers’ critical lens toward advocacy for students and their professional agency in rerouting the school-to-prison pipeline.

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November 22, 2016

Neutrality Won’t Work

A middle school history teacher reflects on how neutrality won’t work in the face of bigotry, xenophobia and fearmongering—and what that means for his classroom practice.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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August 15, 2016

Do What You Teach

By engaging in creative processes alongside our students, we create spaces where it is safe to take risks and grow.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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December 14, 2012

Helping Students Navigate a Violent World

There is no greater blow to a society than when its children are harmed. Today, we are reeling.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Issue 47, Summer 2014

Native Youth Think Globally, Act Locally

These student activists knew their community’s issues were relevant worldwide—so they made their voices heard globally.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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October 22, 2015

Building Empathy With ‘Miss Peregrine’s’

This after-school educator developed a creative set of discussion questions and prompts to help students talk about empathy. Her tools? A young adult novel, the Teaching Tolerance Anti-bias Framework and Perspectives for a Diverse America.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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November 30, 2015

Seven Native American Films for High School Teachers

Films are a dynamic way to incorporate accurate instruction and promote cultural awareness of contemporary Native American experiences. Check out this recommended list.

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